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Offline Elkslayer

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A few ticks!
« on: March 16, 2015, 09:36:26 PM »
Went out to pull some trail cams last Friday and found this little guy all caught up in a fence. We got him freed up and back with mama, but man I can't believe how bad the ticks were. I know they're hard on the moose but I'd never seen them up close like that. The pics are just of around his neck and shoulder, his other side and back end were just as bad.

Hope he makes it through.


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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2015, 09:42:49 PM »
Wow, that is insane.
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2015, 09:44:34 PM »
Oh my :yike: that's  terrible

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A few ticks!
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2015, 09:52:22 PM »

Ummm.....  I just changed my mind... I don't want to hunt moose anymore.

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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2015, 09:54:45 PM »
I thought it was dead in that first pic....  OMG, those ticks are soooo disgusting!    :puke:

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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2015, 09:55:46 PM »
You want to tell me that this thing is still alive ??????  :puke:
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2015, 09:57:00 PM »
that moose will likely die from the ticks...its a big concern for moose. We are starting to see moose on cams now with large amount of ticks :(

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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2015, 10:02:01 PM »
You want to tell me that this thing is still alive ??????  :puke:

Its not really alive its just the ticks keeping it moving like a puppet so it just looks alive !!  Thats pretty damn yucky :tdown:
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2015, 10:11:59 PM »
You want to tell me that this thing is still alive ??????  :puke:
He was alive last time I saw him but to be honest I'd be real surprised if he made it much longer. Like Shane said, the ticks can be real hard on them especially the young ones. After we freed him up he didn't even have enough energy to jump the fence. He just layed there for about an hour. We got him up again and through a gate so he could get across the road to mama, as soon as he crossed the road he layed down in the ditch again and wouldn't cross the other fence. We took the second fence down and got him through that and he again only went about 10 yds and layed down. We left him alone there and the cow came down and joined him. I checked on my way back a few hours later and they were both gone.
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2015, 10:22:25 PM »
My moose had the most ticks of any animal I've seen it was pretty nasty.

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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2015, 10:34:42 PM »
Thank you Elkslayer for helping that moose.
Another great action from a hunter.

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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2015, 09:12:14 AM »
that moose will likely die from the ticks...its a big concern for moose. We are starting to see moose on cams now with large amount of ticks :(

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Might as well have some more moose tags...
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2015, 09:45:41 AM »
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2015, 09:57:50 AM »
That mama moose must have known you were there to help. Real odd for her not to come at you and defend the little one? Good work! :tup:
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Re: A few ticks!
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2015, 10:06:52 AM »
Wow, that is awesome you were able to free him.
That is a load of ticks. I have never seen that many on an animal

 


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